FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Tuesday, January 7, 2014

South Side StoriesEmbedded in the concrete of South Side's city steps are testimonials of teenage mischief, steel mill toil, and townie haunts. This is a neighborhood where parking chairs mark territory and "paradise" is one turn off of 26th Street. Tami Dixon's play based on interviews with real Pittsburghers is an audience favorite. Matt Morrow directs.01/08/2014 - 01/26/2014

Beethoven on the Bluff - Violin/Cello IBeethoven wrote sonatas as true duos for two star soloists and contain some of his most entertaining and profound writing. Pianist David Allen Wehr welcomes PSO Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley and Principal Cellist Anne Martindale Williams for the Violin Sonatas #4 and #5 "Spring", and the two cello sonatas of Op. 5.01/12/2014Time: 3:00 pmPNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map

StuckIt all began when Floyd got his kite stuck in a tree... He throws his shoe to shift it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws his other shoe and that gets stuck along with…the cat, a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orangutan and a whale, among other things! With original music and audience participation, this new story by Oliver Jeffers is produced by the team behind Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and The Way Back Home. (50 minutes, ages 3-10) 01/12/2014 - 01/19/2014

Henry Doktorski, accordionHenry Doktorski is one of the leading concert accordionists in the United States and a recognized figure in international classical accordion circles.01/12/2014Time: 2:00 pmCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map